AKCH01
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There's a mode that isn't Sport MC-Shift?!
Trionfale with a new home in Derby
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GeoffCapes
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It's a button on the dash.
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damnawivdaplan
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congratulations beautiful car imagine the paint looks better in the flesh then the pictures. you beat me to it lol I was still debating with myself. guess you snooze you lose lol
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I don't think so actually. I am looking at an official Maserati Price List book that I have, and "metallic paint" was a £564 option and "special paint" was £1,800. I assume that your rosso trionfale is the same as mine which is definitely metallic. The really crazy option was matt finish paint for which they charged £15,000. Whatever the price, it looks stunning!
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Thanks
Yep - that’s one of my favourite roads around here.
I’m not quite used to the width or grip limit of the car yet, but I could fly up there in my 997.
are you local?
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So - over the last few days I’ve been giving the car a deep clean, nearly finished.
started with snowfoam, rinse, shampoo, rinse.
Then iron fallout remover, agitate, rinse.
Tar removal on lower panels.
Clay bar everything.
Snowfoam, rinse, shampoo, rinse, de-ionised water rinse, dry
DA Machine polish (single stage with Meguiars ultimate compound - although I missed a few bits as I didn’t put the 3” head on the machine) - the curves are quite tricky.
Snowfoam, rinse, shampoo, rinse, snowfoam again (polishing compound is so oily), shampoo, rinse, deionised water rinse, dry.
Now it’s finally ready for protection- I think I’m going to go for Autoglym High Definition Wax for a warm finish.
Next time I’ll probably put Gtechniq on for durability and a glassy finish.
Typically the forecast is rain for the next couple of days, and I’m showing it to my mates at a car meet on Weds.
I’m still very much a novice with the DA, so fairly sure there will still be some swirls present. - the flake in the paint is much more apparent now though.
not got an ‘after’ pic as it started to rain so quickly popped the car back in the garage.
Before:
started with snowfoam, rinse, shampoo, rinse.
Then iron fallout remover, agitate, rinse.
Tar removal on lower panels.
Clay bar everything.
Snowfoam, rinse, shampoo, rinse, de-ionised water rinse, dry
DA Machine polish (single stage with Meguiars ultimate compound - although I missed a few bits as I didn’t put the 3” head on the machine) - the curves are quite tricky.
Snowfoam, rinse, shampoo, rinse, snowfoam again (polishing compound is so oily), shampoo, rinse, deionised water rinse, dry.
Now it’s finally ready for protection- I think I’m going to go for Autoglym High Definition Wax for a warm finish.
Next time I’ll probably put Gtechniq on for durability and a glassy finish.
Typically the forecast is rain for the next couple of days, and I’m showing it to my mates at a car meet on Weds.
I’m still very much a novice with the DA, so fairly sure there will still be some swirls present. - the flake in the paint is much more apparent now though.
not got an ‘after’ pic as it started to rain so quickly popped the car back in the garage.
Before:
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No point in dragging contaminants around the paint with the machine polisher
i think I might have missed one out between tar removal and clay bar as well!I’m knackered, and really don’t fancy a wax-on wax-off shoulder workout today….
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Sport! What is this button you talk about? There is only one button required to be pushed and that is Race.
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Sport! What is this button you talk about? There is only one button required to be pushed and that is Race.
Except, perhaps, in the wet.